NOISY OFFERING – VICTORY’S GLOBAL MISSIONBRING YOUR CHANGE! JULY 29/30 WEEKEND
It’s been awhile since we’ve taken a “Noisy Offering” during worship. But since there are five Sundays in July and we have become aware of a humanitarian crisis affecting the village we sponsor in South Africa we have decided it’s time for us to act. In addition to our regular offering, we will also pass metal containers for people to cleanse their homes of loose change (and any other bigger gifts they would like to share). These donations will help alleviate the suffering that was afflicted on the Western Cape of South Africa after a massive winter storm hit June 6th. Many lost their homes, belongings and food, and some their lives. Please pray about this need and let God’s Holy Spirit guide you, then come prepared that weekend to truly make a “joyful noise.”

AFRICA MISSION TEAM: AUGUST 3-14, 2017
Victory’s mission team will be leaving August 3rd to South Africa. Team members typically take over supplies. Currently, they have a huge need for standard size laminating pouches! They are a lot cheaper in the USA. Preschool teachers laminate everything that they use every day so that they don’t have to print hundreds of copies of worksheets and tracing sheets every week. *Please drop off your donations at the front office by July 26th.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!CHILDREN’S CHAPEL TIME @ CRISMON CAMPUS
We are looking for volunteers to commit to helping for the first semester at Leading Edge Academy on Fridays, 9:30-11:30am beginning August 18th. If you are available, please contact the office at 480-454-4245 or Joelle Yamada right away at jyamada@victorylutheran.com.

1. What are some of the ways in which we are led to believe things about God that are not true?

2. Since the Bible often refers to God as being like a father, what are some of the ways our personal experiences with an earthly father can hinder a “right relationship” with God the father of Jesus Christ?

3. What are some of the ways our creeds help us get a true picture of God’s nature and God’s activity in our lives/the world?

4. What are some of the areas of your life where your behavior has been based on a distorted understanding of God?

5. What are some of the areas of your life where your have been blessed by behavior that was based on a true understanding of God?

6. Why is it helpful to remember that peoples understanding of God is more likely to be distorted than accurate?

7. Who are the people or what were the incidents in your life that were most helpful in exploding your misconceptions about God and pointing you toward the truth?